Bolin's stage-whispered "The Avatar!", the first line heard from the new series.

Buttering bagels.Explanation A story about what Bryan Konietzko was doing when the opening for the series leaked, (which wasn't actually true) has made this a joke about getting mad in response to a leak, or just Avatar-related anger in general.

Korra's introduction as the Avatar: "I'm the Avatar! You gotta deal with it!"

No Bender is safe. Explanation When Tenzin says this line, Bender appears in the bottom of an image with an Oh, Crap! on his face.

Lin Beifong making the Eye Am Watching You gesture at Korra as she walks out with Tenzin, and Korra returning the gesture, but with a much more ridiculous rage face◊; as well as Lin shrugging with the most "whatever" expression ever animated afterwards (after initially having a "What the Hell?" look on her face).

Be the leaf! So popular that the phrase "you only live once" has been co-opted to become "you only leaf once."

Meelo in general.

Fucking Hasook. note After his bad performance as one of the Fire Ferrets and subsequently leaving them (which nearly got them disqualified), the fandom has taken to blaming Hasook for everything bad that happens on the show.

According to a certain commentator, Mako and Bolin are still "fresh and juicy".

[INSERT SHIP] IS THE NEW ZUTARA Explanation Originally used to describe the Mako/Korra ship because it was a Fan-Preferred Couple that consisted of a male firebender and female waterbender just like Zuko/Katara. This trend died when it became an Official Couple and people recognizing that the two ships were actually quite different. Makorra was then being referred to as the new Kataang and the "new Zutara" was used to refer to any big ship in competition with Makorra.

Makorra is the new Zutara. Explanation When the series began, some Zutara shippers proudly jumped board to Makorra, claiming that it would be the Author's Saving Throw to make up for Zutara not happening. Although Word of God states it was a mixture of both Kataang and Zutara to appeal to all sides of the fandom...which is not what happened at all.

Tahnorra is the new Zutara Explanation Korra and Tahno received a fair amount of Foe Yay and quickly became a Fan-Preferred Couple much like Zuko and Katara. Whereas Mako and Korra were heading towards becoming the obvious Official Couple and people started to refer to them as the new Kataang because of it. It actually matched up with the dynamics of the original series somewhat closely.

Mako is Batman! Really, there's proof! note In episode three, it's revealed that they lost their parents when Mako was eight years old when a mugger killed them right in front of him. This, of course, led to Mako being declared Batman.

EVERYBODY IS BATMAN! note Comparisons to Batman were already being made before Mako's revelation. This and the fact that Amon's backstory is apparently similar to that of Mako and Bolin's cued this saying.

Except Chief Lin Beifong, who IS SPIDER-MAN! note After And The Winner Is..., people immediately began making comparisons between the metalbending chief of police and the wall crawler.

Comparing Lin to various superheroes every episode has become quite common. First she was "Spider-Lin", then "Wolverlin" in "The Aftermath" and "Iron Lin" after the dressing montage in "Out of the Past". Basically, Lin is all of the superheroes!

From Book 2: Tonraq's Exile via causing a lot of destruction and Unalaq's shifty-looking appearance makes one think of Thor and Loki respectively.

In season 3 the Bane mantle was passed on to Zaheer.

Mako's garnered quite a few different interpretations by the fandom. The last scene of him looking out the window brooding in the second episode has gotten people to hilariously dub over, or caption, what he's thinking. Case in point. There's also "Tsundere" Mako, "Uke" Mako who ought to just stay in the kitchen and let Korra do all the work, and Beautiful Mako Problems.

And now, Mermako◊.note Spawned out of a joke fic with Mako as Ariel the Little Mermaid.

Where's Sokka's Statue!?note Occasionally throughout season one, statues of Aang, Zuko, and Toph would be shown prominently as they were founders of Republic City. This caused the fandom to collectively question why Sokka was getting snubbed. The writers took note of this and finally displayed Sokka's statue in season 2. Naturally this prompted the fandom to start questioning why Katara didn't have a statue either.

Some fans have joked that all these people were killed by the same person, named A. Firebender. And he's a waterbender for some reason.

Partial credit for whoever started this meme, since Amon is a waterbender and claims his parents were killed by a firebender. He kinda did kill his father (though some would say his father had it coming) by running away.

Even his hair is broken! note After Tahno lost his bending to Amon in a Break the Haughty moment, he later appeared with way worse hair than his old stylized look.

"Get in, loser! We're going Equalist hunting/shipping/etc!" note The gif of Asami skidding up in the "Korramobile" or a shot of everyone inside from the preview for episode eight. Sometimes shown with a side character replying to the offer. A reference to a scene from Mean Girls.

A growing number of fans have taken to identifying the real-world counterparts to the cars seen in the show.

On that note: Team Avatar's transport from the start was almost universally agreed upon to be called the Korramobile.

"I Hope Tarrlok [bad inconvenience here, such as 'drinks orange juice after brushing his teeth']" jokes have sprung up en masse after episode 8.note Similar to the "I hope Rick Santorum... meme".

After the reveal of Tarrlok's past and sacrifice in the finale, "I Hope Tarrlok" [better hopes] sprung up.

Using "doozy" to refer to every intense episode note Before it was released, Bryan said episode 8, easily one of the most intense so far, would be a "doozy". Furthermore, it refers to a line from episode 2. "Grab your kids and grab your snacks, because this match is gonna be a doozy."

IS IT SATODAY YET?note In America, new Korra episodes air on Saturdays, and it's a very suspenseful show, so the fans get a little anxious during the weekdays. The name is derived from the Asami/Hiroshi Sato family name.

IT'S AMONDAYnote Same concept; derived from Amon and Monday, as Mondays are the days that the new episodes are put up on Nick's website

"But first, let me tell you about my boomerang." note a reference to Councilman Sokka's speech during Yakone's trial, during which he couldn't seem to resist bragging about taking out Combustion Man.

Meelo and Wash. [2]note Both characters are known for quotes involving leaves.

Amon is Amonster.

Amon puns are running rampant in general. note Amon the edge of glory, Amon a horse, Amon a boat (This becomes Harsher in Hindsight when he dies on a boat in the season finale.), etc.

Amon: "I am the solution."

"But everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked." note Fan reuse of Katara's narration from the original series to describe General Iroh's fleet showing up at the end of episode 10 to retake Republic City from the Equalists. Sort of a fan-made Ironic Echo. (Or is it ï¿½Irohnicï¿½ Echo?) Amusingly, Iroh's fleet was wiped out in minutes.

In Book Two this became "But everything changed when the Water Tribe attacked." note Referencing the events at the end of the second episode of Book Two.

"Wait, did [X] just die?" "You know, it was really unclear." note In the original show, the character Jet was very subtly killed off due to censorship, leading to debates on whether he was dead or not. When the Ember Island Players play reenacts his death, it has the characters lampshading the uncertainty of it. Censorship of deaths is very much alive and well in Korra, so this joke gets pulled out quite a bit.

"Wait, did the Lieutenant just die?" "You know, it was really unclear."note In the first season finale he was bloodbended, thrown against the wall, and never seen again. Fans suspect he was killed, but the show does not confirm or deny it.

"Wait, did Mako even break up with Asami?" "It was really unclear." note Mako and Asami's break up was ambiguous to a lot of fans, leading to people wondering if Mako and Korra kissed while he was still in a relationship. A later episode both confirmed that they'd broken up at that point and lampshaded the ambiguity of it.

"Wait, did the Earth Queen just die? "Y'know, it was really unclear." note Despite the gruesome way in which Zaheer murdered Hou-Ting, every subsequent mention of the death used phrases like "took down" or "brought down", making for one of the most bizarre uses of Never Say "Die" in programming.

"Wait, are Korra and Asami in a relationship now?" "You know, it was really unclear." note The final scene is shot to heavily imply a budding romance, paralleling the final scene of ATLA with Aang and Katara, but never explicitly confirms it, just short of an on-screen kiss.

Almost from the second he was introduced, people have been making jokes about how "Wan" sounds like "one".

Wan puns are becoming the new Amon puns. Explanation Fans are substituting Wan in various words and phrases (e.g. "wanderful", "he was number wan", "wan hour premiere", etc).

Being Asami is suffering. Explanation Asami Sato seems to just keep on going through hardship, like a certain pink haired magical girl.

Or Asami AbuseExplanation In series a lot of bad things seem to happen to Asami, from losing her only family to having her company stolen. So some forums have just continued this trend of everything going wrong into Asami's future. Often adding that no one seems to care.

Vaatu was the original Reaper.Explanation Vaatu's shape, color, deep voice, superior attitude and roaringenergy beams make him reminiscent of Mass Effect's Reapers (minus the living machine aspect, of course).

"Zhu Li, do the thing!" Explanation Varrick's Catch-Phrase has proven to be rather popular, especially on Tumblr, where "do the thing" was already a popular form of Buffy Speak before his first appearance.

"This artifact was passed down to me from my uncle." Explanation In the season 2 pilot, Tenzin shows Korra a map of the Air Temples - complete with a smiling chibi Tenzin - and Korra's reaction is one of bemusement. It did not take long for gifs to appear, substituting the map for one of Sokka's notoriously bad drawings, or screencaps of him looking extremely silly, or anything else that might fit with Korra's reaction.

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Mako: Korra... I broke up with you..note Mako waiting until the last second to tell Korra he broke up with her after her memories were erased.

Fanart of human!Raava - typically a pale, regal woman wearing a kimono and hair ornaments, with white hair and blue facial markings - is practically as popular as fanart of her true form.

Waava is my new OTP!Explanation The Wan/Raava pairing - humanized or not - has received considerable popularity.

Putting a blush on Unalaq face especially when he looks at Vaatu.Explanation The Unavaatu pairing becomes popular as the finale pretty much shows Unalaq's strong desire to be one with Vaatu. This leads to jokes like "I wish my boyfriend looks at me like Unalaq looks at Vaatu."

Hipster Zaheer. note When infiltrating the air temple Zaheer claims to be from a village far North that "you've probably never heard of." Cue everybody making jokes about Zaheer being a hipster.

"He showed up at the raid on Zaofu an hour late with Jasmine Dragon." note The "showed up an hour late with Starbucks" meme, as applied to some gag concept sketches of Zaheer wearing cozy sweaters and ski jackets and holding coffee cups.

Toph Really Gets Around. Spoilers Toph is revealed to have two daughters with by two different fathers, both unknown even by Lin and Su, so the fandom has latched onto this and made Toph a nymphomaniac, who doesn't care who her partner is, though it does have its dark side.

R.I.P. Bosco. Explanation Fans were horrified to learn of the rumor that the Earth Queen had eaten her father's pet bear.

Never trust episode ten. Explanation Episode 10 of Avatar and all three seasons of Korra always contains something shocking.

Zaheer is Bane. Explanation Zaheer giving control of Ba Sing Se to its citizens after killing the Earth Queen led to inevitable comparisons to Bane's liberation of Gotham in the film.

"As long as I'm breathing, it's not over." Explanation Tenzin refuses to give up Korra to the Red Lotus. As the Red Lotus starts beating on a battered and bruised Tenzin, the camera slowly pans to the wall...

"Guru Laghima. An airbender." Explanation In "The Stakeout", Zaheer tells Korra "Do you know who once said, 'New growth cannot exist without first the destruction of the old'? Guru Laghima, an airbender." Since then people have begun attributing nonsensical phrases to "Guru Laghima, an airbender."

P'Li's death was mind-blowing Book 3 finale spoilers P'Li dies when Suyin metalbends her armor around P'Li's head right as she's about to fire off a combustion blast, causing it to backfire and incinerate her; fans have taken to making jokes about it using variations of the phrase "mind-blowing."

And to a lesser extent, jokes have been made about Ming-Hua's death being "shocking" Explanation, Book 3 finale spoilers Mako hit her with a blast of lightning and electrocuted her to death.

And to an even lesser extent, crushing/buried or "earth-shattering" puns about Ghazan's death Explanation, book 3 finale spoilers He decided to bury himself alive in a cave rather than go back to prison.

And we are not "yanking your chain" about Zaheer'sultimate defeat. Explanation, book 3 finale spoilers He tries to escape, but is dragged back down by Korra entangling his leg with one of her broken chains.

It's Aang! Book 3 finale spoilers Jinora finally gets her airbending tattoos. Fans have noted her similarities in design to Aang before, but with her head shaved, the only difference between her and her grandfather are their different colored eyes and different shaped ears.

All my friends are dead. Book 3 finale spoilers Zaheer's face is often photoshopped on the dinosaur on the cover of the book because P'li, Ming-Hua, and Ghazan are all dead by the end of the finale.

Put a sock in it! Book 3 finale spoilers When Zaheer has lost and is ranting about the Red Lotus will prevail, Bolin shuts him up by gagging him with a literal sock. Naturally, he points it out.

You know, for kids!Explanation, spoilers Jokes about how un-kids'-show-like LOK is. Started with Amon and Tarrlok's murder-suicide, but it really took off in Book 3 with how the Earth Queen and P'li die.

SOON. Explanation When Nick released the title for book 4, Bryan's only comment (on tumblr) was "SOON." Turns out "soon" meant "next month".

OCTOBER 3! Explanation When the release date was announced - with only three weeks left to go - the fandom was launched into an emotional whirlwind of anticipation and dread.

Prince Wuzko Explanation A clip from the first episode of book 4 shows Prince Wu, the soon to be king of the earth kingdom. He hits on Asami and is incredibly full of himself — and remarkably like Kuzco.

Let Kuvira take over! Explanation Between badass-looking Kuvira and her well-organized army and the obviously incompetent Wu, quite a few fans are saying (jokingly or not) that it would be preferable to have the former on the throne. It's even an in-universe sentiment.

Kai's voice! Explanation With the new book 4 clip released featuring Kai and Opal, the fandom has been quick to note that puberty was very, VERY kind to Kai - and his voice.

The Great Divider... of legs. Explanation It took only a single episode for Kuvira to be cemented as a sex symbol.

Lin is Momboss. Explanation "Momboss" is a Fan Nickname, referring to her increasingly maternal relationship with Mako. This was cemented by the Book 4 premiere, where the normally gruff, unflappable Lin becomes apologetic when telling Mako he'll be accompanying Prince Wu, even letting Mako grab and shake her without comment.

"That can't be it! Where's the rest of it?" Explanation Zuko's reaction to to reading the abrupt end of Sozin's story is the standard fandom reaction to the end of an episode.

"I can't believe it. Hama?" Explanation Toph's new appearance◊ quickly resulted in comparisons to a first series villain.

The face Mako◊ made when Bolin said Kuvira was a lot like Korra became memetic practically the moment it was first seen.

Similarly, Bataar Jr.'s look of bug-eyed shock after Varrick blows up his trainboard lab with a spirit energy bomb became an instant hit after "The Battle of Zaofu". Editing him into various shocking scenes is particularly popular.

The Earth Empire is America! Explanation When arguing with Mako, Bolin states that they (the Earth Empire) bring FREEDOM wherever they go.

Frog-squirrels. Explanation The frog-squirrel that lands on Korra's shoulder while she's training/being pushed around in the swamp has gained many followers.

Best Avatar Dad Unalaq. Explanation Considering the terrible track record Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra have with attentive parents, it became a thing that Unalaq was the best father in the Avatar universe, as (as far as we know) he never did anything to his children that some of the other Avatar parents have, such as send them to live in a military compound for 15 years (Korra) or cover up their crimes (Suyin)

Bad Pick Up Line Meelo. Explanation In the style of Bad Joke Amon, combining images of Meelo flirting with Tuyen with cheesy pick up lines.

Avatar is Avatar now. Explanation With a circle of military aircraft preparing to take down an enormous, spiritually significant and highly connected tree, parallels to James Cameron's film were easily made.

The bedroom eyes◊ Explanation Korra makes this face when Mako mentions the arguments that he and Korra have had in the past.

"We're going in blind!" Explanation When "Beyond The Wilds" ended, fans realized that every scene from the Book Four trailer had been shown in the series, leaving them with no clue as to what the last four episodes would contain. They reacted appropriately.

"Hey chief." Explanation Lin and Toph's long-awaited reunion.

Where the hell is Kai? Explanation As Book 4 winds to a close, the fandom is going crazy waiting for Kai to show up again - whose last appearance was in episode ONE.

Baatar Sr. is a huge dork. Explanation In "Operation Beifong," we get to witness the engineer and architect of Zaofu get thrown from a wooden cage and cartwheel through the air, - unlike the rest of his family - screaming the whole way.◊

"You give metalbenders a bad name!" Explanation Said to Kuvira by Toph when she saves her family. Often mixed with Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name."

RIP Hot United Forces Guy. Explanation This guy◊ is one of the United Forces guards who sees Kuvira's giant mecha coming for Republic City. Unfortunately, he is killed when Kuvira fires her spirit at the watchtower. (The fandom has noted that he is also very, VERY attractive.)

Varrick sinks his own ships. Explanation Alluding to when Varrick attacked his own ships in an attempt to instigate a war and take over Future Industries in Book 2, Varrick sinks an entirely different kind of ship in Book 4 — his relationship with Zhu Li. Twice they have had a romantic moment, twice Zhu Li has basically shoved a neon sign in his face telling him how she feels... and twice Varrick seems to follow through but diverts it at the last minute.

After Korra and Asami's Relationship Upgrade in the Grand Finale, many, many jokes were made about Mako being such an awful boyfriend that both of his exes went lesbian afterwards.

IT'S CANON vs. JUST FRIENDS. Explanation Due to the ambiguity of Korrasami in the final, most Ship Combat dissolves into this.

IT'S CANON probably counts on its own too. Explanation Shipping wars aside, the fact that a highly popular, "non-standard" ship received what is hard not to read as confirmation, many jokes have been made about the fandom's reaction. Example here.

The LEZZING OF KORRA! Explanation Like it or not, puns had to show up at some point.

AND YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH IT. Explanation After the release of an official statement from the creators on Tumblr that the Korrasami ship was both intended and canon, there can be no denying it. Ironic that the very first meme of the series becomes its last.

Not to mention all of the sudden schadenfreude had at Mako's expense, for two of his ex-girlfriends suddenly hooking up.

And then there's Korra's apparent new ability to bend sexual preference that's been making the rounds.

Many fan edits show other pairings walking into the spirit portal.

Calling the Relationship Upgrade "The Thing," complete with capitals, short for "the thing that broke the Internet."

Does this mean Mako's post-finale theme song is now Pink Triangle by Weezer?

"She's SO pretty. She's so pretty and cool." Explanation The opinion about Asami that Janet Varney expressed on the commentary track. Used in thisGag Dub.

When Toph revealed that Lin's dad is a man named Kanto, a lot of fans joked that Suyin's dad must be named Johto. Explanation Kanto is the region where the first Pokemon games games take place, with Johto being the region of the second generation.

"For sale: biggest bottles, never popped."Explanation A similar Tumblr post made in jest while referencing the above post and Hemingway's Six Word Story.

During Book 1 a lot of people were peeved at Makorra and the treatment of Asami in general. This started a meme where Asami was in love with Korra and only dated Mako to meet her (often times even crashing into him because he knew Korra). Asami being very unsubtle about her affections for Korra is mandatory. It was originally Played for Laughs due to the crack ship nature of Korrasami but became Hilarious in Hindsight come the series finale.

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